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Mount Everest climbers go for summit days after deaths as brief window to reach top starts to close
May 24, 2012
May 24, 2012
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Updated at 4:46 a.m. ET[/i]
(CBS/AP) KATMANDU, Nepal - A wave of climbers headed for the summit of Mount Everest on Friday in what is expected to be another busy weekend on the top of the world.
Last weekend, four climbers died on their way down from the summit amid a traffic jam of more than 200 people scrambling to conquer the world's highest peak as the weather worsened. A similar crowd is expected this weekend, but there have been no reports of climbers in trouble and the weather is good.
Gyanendra Shrestha, an official with Nepal's Tourism Ministry,
(CBS/AP) KATMANDU, Nepal - A wave of climbers headed for the summit of Mount Everest on Friday in what is expected to be another busy weekend on the top of the world.
Last weekend, four climbers died on their way down from the summit amid a traffic jam of more than 200 people scrambling to conquer the world's highest peak as the weather worsened. A similar crowd is expected this weekend, but there have been no reports of climbers in trouble and the weather is good.
Gyanendra Shrestha, an official with Nepal's Tourism Ministry,
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